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"My wife and I believe in treating others the way that we'd like to be treated, with decency and respect," Pence, a devout Christian, told CNN.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

He counsels letter writers on how to handle a cheating brother, discuss religion with a devout friend, and avoid spiraling over the fear of being single forever.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

He described her as "a devout Christian and somebody with strong socially conservative views. Perhaps not popular in modern Britain but that is what Ann believed in".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Mr. Burgis withdrew from seminary after realizing the priesthood wasn’t his calling, but he remains a devout Catholic whose faith centers his academic work in entrepreneurship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

They looked, to my grandmother, like devout Muslims from Bursa, except for the color of their garments.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Robinson Crusoe on his island could not have had a devouter thankfulness when he recovered the articles from the wreck than we had in the contemplation of our treasure.

From The Wayfarers by J. C. Snaith

But I have no devouter superstition than that the souls of women who die in childbed and men who fall in battle go straight to Paradise!!!

From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Horatia K. F. Eden

They are nests built with faithfulness and affection, and through them one seems to get a glimpse of devouter, sturdier times.

From Winter Sunshine by John Burroughs

Instead of contemning the idea of a heavenly futurity as an idle dream image of human longing, it were both devouter and more reasonable, from 22 Charakteristiken und Kritiken, s.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

The stronger and devouter soul cannot conceive how the weaker had yielded.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren

The devoutest love, the liveliest gratitude, the richest honors, the costliest offerings are his,—He deserves them all.

From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker

In 1615 was born Richard Baxter, one of the purest and wisest and devoutest of men—and no mean poet either.

From England's Antiphon by George MacDonald

Even in the most stedfast and unwavering this intercourse is characterized by tidal movements of devoutest awe Sinking anon to farthest ebb of doubt.

From Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Henry Sloane Coffin

The heart of the man, few, who have hearts of their own, refuse to reverence, and many, even of devoutest Christians, would not refuse the book which contains Queen Mab as a Christmas gift.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller

The whole of the service, devotional and musical, was most impressive, and the special prayers and thanksgivings were joined in by the vast congregation with devoutest feeling.

From Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by Edward VII